World MTB Orienteering Championships relay
Posted on | August 14, 2009 | Category: News
Mountain bike orienteers competed in the world championships relay today in Israel. Austria’s Michaela Gigon was the fastest in the women’s class and brought her team to victory: the first ever relay gold for Austria. Switzerland finished 30 seconds later on a second place, and the bronze went to Russia.
In the men’s class, Russia won gold after a great last leg from Anton Foliforov. Czech Republic finished second and Finland, the leader after the first leg, third. Last year’s winners Finland (women) and Denmark (men) both ended up on a fifth place.
Leading results:
Women
1) Austria 2:25:11, 2) Switzerland 2:25:43, 3) Russia 2:27:17, 4) Czech Republic 2:27:56, 5) Finland 2:32:33, 6) Lithuania 2:33:33.
Men
1) Russia 2:04:17, 2) Czech Republic 2:05:22, 3) Finland 2:05:52, 4) Switzerland 2:08:11, 5) Denmark 2:09:24, 6) Austria 2:13:13.
The competitions continue with sprint distance on Friday.
Programme:
Monday 10 August: Long qualification race
Tuesday 11 August: Middle distance
Wednesday 12 August: Rest day
Thursday 13 August: Relay
Friday 14 August: Sprint distance
Saturday 15 August: Long distance
Leading results from Israel will appear on the IOF website throughout the period of the WMTBOC. For live results, please use the logo in the right-hand menu to get to the organiser’s homepage. Official results can be found on the IOF homepage: WMTBOC results.
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